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Projet Montréal

Projet Montréal -
Équipe Valérie Plante
Active municipal party
LeaderValérie Plante
PresidentMarie-Ève Veilleux [1]
FoundedMay 28, 2004
Headquarters1055 Boulevard René-Lévesque Est,
Montreal, Quebec
H2L 4S5
Student wing
  • Projet Montréal UdeM
  • Projet Montréal McGill
Youth wingComité des Jeunes de Projet Montréal
Ideology
Political positionCentre-left
ColoursGreen and blue
Seats on council
36 / 65
Website
en.projetmontreal.org

Projet Montréal (officially Projet Montréal - Équipe Valérie Plante)[2] is a progressive, environmentalist municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 2004, it is led by Valérie Plante and holds a majority of seats on Montreal City Council.

History

Projet Montréal was founded by environmental activists in 2004.[3] Richard Bergeron was the party's first mayoral candidate. He was elected to the city council in 2005 and gathered 8.53% of the vote for mayor.[4]

In the September 2006 by-election held in the district of Marie-Victorin, Projet Montréal candidate and former city councillor Kettly Beauregard won 31.7% of the vote, for a second-place finish.[5]

In December 2007, candidate Jean-Claude Marsan [fr] took second place with 37.43% in a by-election to replace disgraced Outremont borough mayor Stephane Harbour.[6] At the same time, there was a by-election in Outremont's Robert-Bourassa district to replace Marie Cinq-Mars, who chose to run for borough mayor. Candidate Denise Rochefort also placed second, with 35.13% of the vote.

In the 2009 Montreal municipal election, Bergeron led the party through steadily increasing polls to a strong third-place showing, winning thirteen seats on city and borough councils, including two borough mayors, and sweeping the Plateau-Mont-Royal.[7]

In April 2012, Érika Duchesne won a by-election in the Vieux-Rosemont district of Rosemont-La Petite Patrie, giving Project Montréal its 11th seat on city council.[8]

In the 2013 Montreal municipal election, Projet Montréal doubled its number of seats within city council, going from 10 to 20 and becoming the official opposition against Denis Coderre's team. After the election, Richard Bergeron stated that he would resign his party leadership within the next 12 or 24 months. He admitted that he was disappointed with the election results but that he would remain to make Projet Montréal into a true opposition to Coderre's administration.[9]

In the 2017 Montreal municipal election, Projet Montréal had won a majority of seats in the city council as well as having its mayoral candidate Valérie Plante become the mayor of Montreal.[10][11]

Platform

Projet Montréal advocates sustainable urbanism,[3] which is the application of the principles of sustainable development to an urban setting, such as downtown Montreal. One of the party's proposals consists of building light rail in order to do the following:

  • reduce car traffic;
  • give more room to pedestrians and cyclists;
  • increase the residents' quality of life and
  • reverse urban sprawl.[12]

Projet Montréal's 2009 platform elaborates commitments for seven major aspects of urban living:[13]

  1. Renewal and expansion of participatory democracy
  2. Affordable housing and reinforcing socio-urban tissue
  3. Sustainable transport (public transit and active transit)
  4. Environmental sustainability
  5. Economic development
  6. Culture
  7. Accountability and public services

Electoral results

Election Mayoral candidate Mayoral popular vote Change (pp) Councillors elected
2005 Richard Bergeron 8.53% Steady
1 / 64
2009 Richard Bergeron 25.45% Increase 16.92
10 / 64
2013 Richard Bergeron 25.52% Increase 0.07
20 / 64
2017 Valérie Plante 51.42% Increase 25.9
33 / 64
2021 Valérie Plante 52.14% Increase 0.72
36 / 64

Victories are indicated with bold fonts.

Councillors

Projet Montréal currently holds the following seats on Montreal City Council and borough councils.

City councillors

Borough Position Party Name Location
Ville-Marie Mayor of Montreal PM  PlanteValérie Plante C
Ahuntsic-Cartierville Borough mayor PM  ThuillierÉmilie Thuillier NW
Ahuntsic-Cartierville Councillor, Ahuntsic PM  GouletNathalie Goulet NW
Ahuntsic-Cartierville Councillor, Saint-Sulpice PM  RoyJulie Roy NW
Ahuntsic-Cartierville Councillor, Sault-au-Récollet PM  NormandJérôme Normand NW
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Borough mayor PM  Kasoki KatahwaGracia Kasoki Katahwa [fr] C
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Councillor, Côte-des-Neiges PM  PopeanuMagda Popeanu C
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Councillor, Loyola PM  SouriasDespina Sourias C
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Councillor, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce PM  McQueenPeter McQueen C
Lachine Borough mayor PM  VodanovicMaja Vodanovic S
Lachine Councillor PM  GrondinVicki Grondin S
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Borough mayor PM  LessardPierre Lessard-Blais E
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Councillor, Hochelaga PM  CaldwellÉric Alan Caldwell E
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Councillor, Maisonneuve–Longue-Pointe PM  Hassan-CournolAlia Hassan-Cournol E
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal Borough mayor PM  FerrandezLuc Ferrandez C
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal Councillor, De Lorimier PM  GiguèreMarianne Giguère C
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal Councillor, Jeanne-Mance PM  NorrisAlex Norris C
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal Councillor, Mile-End PM  PlourdeMarie Plourde C
Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles Borough mayor PM  BourgeoisCaroline Bourgeois NE
Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles Councillor, La Pointe-aux-Prairies PM  ChristensenLisa Christensen NE
Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles Councillor, Pointe-aux-Trembles PM  JourneauVirginie Journeau NE
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie Borough mayor PM  LimogesFrançois Limoges E
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie Councillor, Etienne-DesmarteauCouncillor, Étienne-Desmarteau PM  AlneusEricka Alneus E
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie Councillor, Marie-Victorin PM  PauzeJocelyn Pauzé E
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie Councillor, Saint-Édouard PM  BlancoJosefina Blanco E
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie Councillor, Vieux-Rosemont PM  OllivierDominique Ollivier E
Le Sud-Ouest Borough mayor PM  DoraisBenoit Dorais S
Le Sud-Ouest Councillor, Saint-Paul–Émard–Saint-Henri-Ouest PM  VaillancourtAlain Vaillancourt S
Verdun Borough mayor PM  MaugerMarie-Andrée Mauger S
Verdun Councillor, Champlain–L'Île-des-Sœurs PM  TremblayVéronique Tremblay S
Verdun Councillor, Desmarchais-Crawford PM  DowneySterling Downey S
Ville-Marie Councillor, Saint-Jacques PM  BeaudryRobert Beaudry C
Ville-Marie Councillor, Sainte-Marie PM  MauzerolleSophie Mauzerolle C
Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension Borough mayor PM  Lavigne LalondeLaurence Lavigne Lalonde E
Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension Councillor, François-Perrault PM  OuelletSylvain Ouellet E
Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension Councillor, Villeray PM  Musau MueleMartine Musau Muele E

Borough councillors

The city councillors listed above all sit on the councils of their respective boroughs. In addition to these, the party holds the following seats on borough councils.

Borough Position Party Name
Lachine Borough councillor, Du Canal PM  RouleauMicheline Rouleau
Lachine Borough councillor, Fort-Rolland PM  FlanneryMichèle Flannery
Lachine Borough councillor, J.-Émery-Provost PM  BoukalaYounes Boukala
Outremont Borough councillor, Claude-Ryan PM  PollakMindy Pollak
Outremont Borough councillor, Joseph-Beaubien PM  PatreauValérie Patreau
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal Borough councillor, De Lorimier PM  ParentLaurence Parent
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal Borough councillor, Jeanne-Mance PM  VilainMaeva Vilain
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal Borough councillor, Mile-End PM  SterlinMarie Sterlin
Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles Borough councillor, La Pointe-aux-Prairies PM  ColinDaphney Colin
Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles Borough councillor, Pointe-aux-Trembles PM  BarilMarie-Claude Baril
Le Sud-Ouest Borough councillor, Saint-Henri–Petite-Bourgogne–Pointe-Saint-Charles PM  LiTan Shan Li
Le Sud-Ouest Borough councillor, Saint-Paul–Émard-Saint-Henri-Ouest PM  SigouinAnne-Marie Sigouin
Verdun Borough councillor, Champlain–L'Île-des-Sœurs (1) PM  BeauregardCéline-Audrey Beauregard
Verdun Borough councillor, Champlain–L'Île-des-Sœurs (2) PM  MachadoEnrique Machado
Verdun Borough councillor, Desmarchais-Crawford (1) PM  GrattonBenoit Gratton
Verdun Borough councillor, Desmarchais-Crawford (2) PM  Amaya-MunroKaïla Amaya-Munro

References

  1. ^ "Conseil de direction" [Board of directors]. Projet Montréal (in French). Archived from the original on January 4, 2025. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  2. ^ "Projet Montréal - Équipe Valérie Plante". Élections Québec. Archived from the original on January 4, 2025. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  3. ^ a b Madigan, Tracey (November 8, 2004). "'Projet Montreal' brings message of sustainability". CBC News. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Archived from the original on December 13, 2004. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  4. ^ Leduc, Jacqueline (December 15, 2005). "Rapport officiel du recensement des votes (avec sommaire par section de vote)" [Official election results (with polling station result summaries)] (PDF). Ville de Montréal (in French). p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 4, 2025. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  5. ^ "Élection partielle 2006: District de Marie-Victorin" [2006 by-election: Marie-Victorin] (PDF). Ville de Montréal (in French). September 24, 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 4, 2025. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  6. ^ "Cinq-Mars wins Outremont mayoral race". CBC News. December 17, 2007. Archived from the original on January 4, 2025. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  7. ^ "Projet Montréal leader celebrates election results". CBC News. November 3, 2009 [November 2, 2009]. Archived from the original on January 4, 2025. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  8. ^ Sutherland, Anne (April 30, 2012). "Projet Montréal picks up council seat in Vieux Rosemont by-election". The Gazette. Archived from the original on July 4, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  9. ^ Corriveau, Jeanne (November 7, 2013). "Richard Bergeron cédera sa place à la tête de Projet Montréal" [Richard Bergeron stepping down as head of Projet Montréal]. Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  10. ^ Shingler, Benjamin (November 6, 2017) [November 5, 2017]. "Valérie Plante elected mayor of Montreal, beating out Denis Coderre". CBC News. Archived from the original on December 24, 2024. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  11. ^ Hinkson, Kamila (November 6, 2017). "After historic win, Valérie Plante says she's ready to work". CBC News. Archived from the original on January 4, 2025. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  12. ^ Lejtenyi, Patrick (February 8–14, 2007). "A tramline named Desire". Montreal Mirror. Vol. 22, no. 33. Archived from the original on May 19, 2007. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  13. ^ "Programme pour la relance durable de Montréal" [Program for Montreal's sustainable development] (PDF). Projet Montréal (in French). June 4, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2009. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projet_Montreal